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U.S. Lender Forum: Commercial Lending Surges Forward

The conditions that have supported increased liquidity for U.S. commercial real estate transactions continued to improve during Q3 2014. Yields for longer-term U.S. Treasuries fell during the quarter, while the availability of both public and private real estate mortgage debt increased. As a result, The CBRE Lending Momentum Index, which tracks U.S. Commercial loan closings, ended Q3 2014 up 5.2% quarter-over-quarter and 8.9% year-over-year.